Jeff Mathis -- Hall of Famer?

Mathis is one of four honorees who will be inducted into the Cedar Rapids Baseball Hall of Fame at the annual Hot Stove Banquet in January. Mathis is joined in the healthcareaide.net HOF Class of 2011 by Bob Brenly, Dave Miley and Mike Novak.

All four were connected in one way or another to the minor-league team in Cedar Rapids over the years. Mathis played for the becomecna.net Class-A Cedar Rapids Kernels in 2002 on his way up the Angels' minor-league system.

Mathis hit .287 with 10 home runs and 73 RBI in 128 games that year for the Kernels but missed the oil-lavender.net Midwest League playoffs after being hit in the face by a pitch and suffering a broken cheekbone.

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